Celebrating data privacy
Posted by Jane Horvath, Senior Privacy
Counsel;
Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel; and Shuman Ghosemajumder,
Business Product Manager for Trust and Safety
Last year, the Council of Europe had a great idea. Based on polling
that showed that 70% of Europeans did not understand how their
personal data was being protected, the Council decided to hold the
first annual Data Protection Day on January 28, 2007. Privacy
experts visited schools and universities, launched information
campaigns, and held press conferences in locations throughout
Europe, informing and educating consumers about their personal data
rights and protections.
Lack of understanding about data protection on the Internet is not
only a European issue, it's a global one. As more and more
personal information comes online every day, it's increasingly
important that users all over the world understand both the
benefits and potential risks of online data sharing, and the tools
at their disposal to control and manage the data they share online.
In recognition of the global importance of data protection, the
U.S. and Canada have joined 27 European countries to celebrate
Data Privacy Day 2008 this Monday, January 28th.
As part of the day's events, we'll join legal scholars, href="http://www.youtube.com/user/googleprivacy" id="fsfg" >YouTube
privacy professionals, and government officials from Europe and the
U.S. at an international data privacy
held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. We'll also
contribute to efforts to raise awareness and promote understanding
of data privacy issues by releasing the third
in our privacy series ("Google Privacy: A Look at
Cookies") on our
Privacy Channel
cookies work and how web sites and advertisers use them to
personalize our online experiences. We've also developed a
id="q9sg" >privacy booklet (pdf-web version
coming soon!) that you can download to get an in-depth look at our
privacy practices and approach, and have co-sponsored the creation
of
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parents and educators. The goal of all these efforts is to help
educate you about online data privacy so that you can make more
informed choices about how you use online products and
services.
We hope that you'll take a few minutes on Monday to learn
something new, and that Data Privacy Day reinforces existing global
efforts to educate consumers about online data collection, use, and
protection.
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